Treats of Nevada City is getting into the spirit of things for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival by introducing a special “Wild Flavors” series of ice cream. Using local native plants they will have bay leaf, douglas fir and yerba santa flavored ice cream and sorbet. What’s your favorite local plant? Have you ever tried cooking with any of them? To learn more about Living Wild local author and native plants expert Alicia Funk’s favorite’s native plants click here for a blog post from last year. So who wants to give one of these unusual flavors a try?

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Treats has to be one of Nevada City’s greatest local treasures! We’ve sampled ice creams they’ve made in the past with local ingredients and really liked the flavors. Although I have had Alicia’s manzanita tea and other locally sourced foods, I haven’t ventured farther than using the rosemary growing like weeds in the yard. I’m not even sure that rosemary is close to being a native.